title: [Comparative characteristics of the preventive properties of short-acting and delayed-action lithium carbonate in endogenous affective psychoses].
abstract: The use of prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations (quilonormretard and micalite) in 53 patients with manic-depressive psychosis and schizophrenia has shown that those drugs possess pronounced prophylactic properties. An open, two-stage control examination of 35 patients has demonstrated an advantage of the prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations over instant-action ones in preventing relapses of affective and schizoaffective psychoses. Peculiarities of the prolonged-action lithium carbonate preparations on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the disease course are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013577:Syndrome; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D016651:Lithium Carbonate; D008094:Lithium
vernacular_title: Sravnitel'naia kharakteristika profilakticheskikh svoĭstv karbonata litiia kratkovremennogo i retardirovannogo deĭstviia pri éndogennykh affektivnykh psikhozakh.